Detachable armrest



Nov. 27, 1923.4

E. G. SIMPSON i DETACHABLE ARMREST Fi1 d May 26, 1922 INVENTOR.

HORA/RYL son' a at betr-oit, Iin the county of Wayne and.v4 5 Stateof Michigan, have invented certain Vnamen GLENN smrson, or

person, MICHIGAN, Assioma To msnen neer com ro'rrmr or parecia', MICHIGAN, A oonrone'rron or :anw Yoan.

DETACHBLE ARBIREST.

Application filed Hay 26,

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, Esioar GLENN rintrcitizen of the 'United States, residing new and useful Improvements in Detachabl Armrests, or" which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to arm rests intended for use primarily with: automobile closed bodies. In a prior application 'of Albert W. Smith Serial #55 ,l37 there is described and claimed arm rests made o soft distortable material which permit an occupant of. the seat of an automobile to rest against the arm rest Without suffering any inconven iences or discomfort. The present inven- Vtion is 'an improvement on this arrn rest.`

However, it is applicable to an arm rest Whether made out of solid or hard material or Whether it is made of distortable material.

lt is the obiect of the invention to provide.

a detachable arm rest which will permit the armrest board of the car to be trimmed completely Withoutany reference to the arm The arm rest may then be trimmedrest. separately and detachnbly fastened in place as later described.V

In the drawings Fig. l' is an inside-elevation ofthe rear l' quarter and bakn a closed body.

Fig. 2 is a View showing in phantom lines, the arm rest and how the same can be detachahly secured Ato the arm rest board.

Fig. 3 is aV section on the-line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a sectionl on the line? 4-'l ot Fie'. 2.

The ofdistortable material. scribed 'and claimed in a prior application oi' Albert lV. Smith. Serial #554137. Suffice it to say here that the core of the arm rest is made of soft mouldedrnbber a. The

' forward part of the arm rest has the core recessed as at Z1 with ribs o running down into the recess as a support lfor the overlying or top portion d This recess b istilled with a 5o ,cood grade of curled hair e. The trimming f is drawn over the core as is shown in Figs. 3 and 4.

In the constructiondescribed in the previous Smith application it Was necessary to plainly secure the core'to the arm rest board oy arm rest is preferably made largelyv This is' fully de' 1922. Serial H0. 563,768.

tacks or screws: These had to be applied hevfore the trnnmmg was secured over the arm cover f is sewed together to form a complete lenvelope to enclose the arm rest. This-back plate is provided with a pair of studs and z'. The studs both have 'large heads which can be passed through the large openings j and la respectively in the keeper plates m `and n which aresecured by screws to the arm rest board over mortises therein.

' The detachablesecuring of the arm rest to the .arm rest board istherefore easy. llhe stud h is passed through the large opening 1n the slot of the' keeper plate n. it is then pushed to 'the right under the restricted opening which prevents it from coming out,

'The stnd z' is now passed through the opening t in the keeper plate n and then swung;v down into the narrow portion of the slot. This locks the other end of the arm rest to the board. lt will he seen that the tivo slots have their axes at right angles to each other so that one stud may be anchored in the keeper by pushing.,rv it into the keeper and then forward and the other stud anchored in its keeper by pushing it into the keeper and then pushingir it downward in a direction/at right angles to the movement in which the first stud was anchored into its keeper. Preferably after these two studs have been anchored in the keeper plates a small scr'ew 0 may be inserted in the socket for that purpose al the end of the arm rest to prevent ati the rear end oi the arm rest lifting np so that the anchored studs can become disen#y ,trailed frcmltheleepcr plates.

What claimis': i l. In a vehicle bedy, a vertical arm rest 4board provided with a socket yand a keeper plate having a slot with an ehlarged end leading into the socket, an erin rest provided with a vertical face arranged to abut against the side ot' the arm rest board and provided with a headed stud secured to such face adapted to dctachablyl engage through' the keeper plate and in the socket to aord a concealed fastening when the arm met i5 in pla-ce. f'

2. Xn a vehicle body, the combination of a vertical arm rest hoard provided with a pair of keeper-Sockets\and keeper members said arm rest. hoard being completely trimmed, a

`separatei.' trimmed arm rest provided with a verticali face arranged to ahnt against the side of the arm rest hoard after the, saine has been trimined and provided with a pair of lockingr members adapted to be detachehly engaged with the upper members eaeii ,requiring fa seperatemovement of the arm ingr slots with their axes vat substantially right angles to each other, said slots having each a large opening communicating vwith a restricted opening, and an arm rest provided with headed studs larranged to separately pass through the large openings of the slots and then be pushed and' anchored under the restricted openings in the slots by separate movement in directions Substantially rightJ angular to each other.

et. n a body construction` the combination of a vertical arm rest support, an arm rest comprising a rubber core with a metal back niet@ vulcanized thereto, and means for securing the back plate to the support.

. n test'imonv whereof .EMORY GLEIIN SIMPSON.

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